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Why Companies Do Rights Issues and Should You Subscribe?
What is Rights Issue Offering? Rights Issue is one of the many ways in which a company raises capital by issuing new equity shares. Unlike other means of raising capital, in a rights issue, new shares must be offered to the existing shareholders of the company in...
Identifying Stock Market Bubbles
A few years back a friend of mine recounted his experience of working at a hedge fund from its inception in 2005 to its fall in 2008. The fund which crossed U.S. $ 1 billion at one point dropped in value to below U.S. $ 300 million in less than 4 months towards the...
5 Interesting Facts on Gold Production, Consumption & Price
For us Indians, gold signifies wealth, prosperity, status and all that is auspicious. That said,it is a fact that if all Indian temples and households put together their gold reserves in one place and hand it over to the government, India may already be one of the...
What Should Be Your Expected Rate of Return in Stocks
Last week a few of us were driving back towards Delhi from the interiors of Gurgaon. For those who have not been to Gurgaon – it is without a doubt the most outstanding contrast of beautiful constructions and unfortunate infrastructure. The roads which start with a...
Earning Fixed Rate of Interest in Stock Markets
The fact that money lying in trading accounts does not earn any interest income is often a big problem for those who trade in multiple trading accounts, particularly asset managers, stock-brokers and their authorized persons who may not be able to transfer funds...
Return on Equity (ROE) or Valuation – What’s More Important?
One of the most common mistakes which investors make while selecting stocks is paying more attention than is due to the Return on Equity (ROE) or the return which the company generates on the employed capital. While ROE is an extremely important metric it should not...
Stock Market Predictions for the Long Term
I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked about the ‘target price’ and ‘nifty levels’. Some of you have written to me about adding a target price column in the subscription section of the site. The omission to add such a column is deliberate. While I...
Colgate vs. Procter & Gamble – Market Positioning Analysis
India offers huge potential growth opportunities to global companies like Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Colgate-Palmolive being one of the fastest-growing consumer markets. According to Deloitte, factors which drive India’s growth are: Young demographic profile...
Top 10 Listed IT Companies in India
Broad Trends in IT Industry for 2015: Globally corporations are increasingly turning to offshore service providers to meet their demand for higher quality and cost competitive technology solutions. With its contribution to the country’s exports, foreign exchange...
Nifty PE Ratio as an Indicator of Stock Market Valuation
The Nifty Price/ Earnings Ratio or the Nifty PE ratio is almost certainly the best buy / sell indicator for anyone who believes in buying good companies at cheap valuations. The way to calculate the Nifty PE Ratio is not any different from how the PE Ratio of a stock...
Why Companies Do Rights Issues and Should You Subscribe?
What is Rights Issue Offering? Rights Issue is one of the many ways in which a company raises capital by issuing new equity shares. Unlike other means of raising capital, in a rights issue, new shares must be offered to the existing shareholders of the company in...
Identifying Stock Market Bubbles
A few years back a friend of mine recounted his experience of working at a hedge fund from its inception in 2005 to its fall in 2008. The fund which crossed U.S. $ 1 billion at one point dropped in value to below U.S. $ 300 million in less than 4 months towards the...
5 Interesting Facts on Gold Production, Consumption & Price
For us Indians, gold signifies wealth, prosperity, status and all that is auspicious. That said,it is a fact that if all Indian temples and households put together their gold reserves in one place and hand it over to the government, India may already be one of the...
What Should Be Your Expected Rate of Return in Stocks
Last week a few of us were driving back towards Delhi from the interiors of Gurgaon. For those who have not been to Gurgaon – it is without a doubt the most outstanding contrast of beautiful constructions and unfortunate infrastructure. The roads which start with a...
Earning Fixed Rate of Interest in Stock Markets
The fact that money lying in trading accounts does not earn any interest income is often a big problem for those who trade in multiple trading accounts, particularly asset managers, stock-brokers and their authorized persons who may not be able to transfer funds...
Return on Equity (ROE) or Valuation – What’s More Important?
One of the most common mistakes which investors make while selecting stocks is paying more attention than is due to the Return on Equity (ROE) or the return which the company generates on the employed capital. While ROE is an extremely important metric it should not...
Stock Market Predictions for the Long Term
I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked about the ‘target price’ and ‘nifty levels’. Some of you have written to me about adding a target price column in the subscription section of the site. The omission to add such a column is deliberate. While I...
Colgate vs. Procter & Gamble – Market Positioning Analysis
India offers huge potential growth opportunities to global companies like Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Colgate-Palmolive being one of the fastest-growing consumer markets. According to Deloitte, factors which drive India’s growth are: Young demographic profile...
Top 10 Listed IT Companies in India
Broad Trends in IT Industry for 2015: Globally corporations are increasingly turning to offshore service providers to meet their demand for higher quality and cost competitive technology solutions. With its contribution to the country’s exports, foreign exchange...
Nifty PE Ratio as an Indicator of Stock Market Valuation
The Nifty Price/ Earnings Ratio or the Nifty PE ratio is almost certainly the best buy / sell indicator for anyone who believes in buying good companies at cheap valuations. The way to calculate the Nifty PE Ratio is not any different from how the PE Ratio of a stock...
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